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36_THE TRIAL OF BLOOD - ILLUSIONS
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2026-04-01 15:00:57CHAPTER 36: THE TRIAL OF BLOOD - ILLUSIONS
MIRA I stood in a room with my brother Dante.. Something was off. There were bodies all around us. I saw Elara with her throat torn out Joseph with a hole in his chest and Alpha Theron's head was cut off from his body. My brother was standing over them with blood over his claws. "This is what we do sister " he said in a voice. "We hurt the people we love. It's what we do." He came at me. I w
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